Assessment of a Program of Public Information on Health Care Reform, 1992-1993: [Wichita, Kansas, and Des Moines, Iowa] (ICPSR 6066)

Principal Investigator(s):Daniels, Sally; Kully, Andrew

Summary:

The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact
on public opinion of an informational program on health care reform in
the United States. This educational campaign, designed and carried out
by the Public Agenda Foundation with the cooperation of various media
and community organizations, was intended to inform the public in
targeted communities about the condition of the United States health
care system, particularly regarding cost and accessibility of health
care, and various refor... (more info)

The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact
on public opinion of an informational program on health care reform in
the United States. This educational campaign, designed and carried out
by the Public Agenda Foundation with the cooperation of various media
and community organizations, was intended to inform the public in
targeted communities about the condition of the United States health
care system, particularly regarding cost and accessibility of health
care, and various reform initiatives being debated by policymakers. A
pre- and post-treatment survey design with controls was used. Surveys
were conducted in Wichita, Kansas (the treatment community) before and
after the program was administered in that city. Parallel surveys were
conducted in Des Moines, Iowa (the control community), where the
program was not introduced. In both cities, respondents were asked
their opinions about the cost of health care, access to health care,
and health care reform, including willingness to pay more taxes for
health care. In addition, respondents were queried about the status of
health insurance coverage for themselves and their families, and how
satisfied they were with the health care services that they and their
families had received in the last few years. The surveys also solicited
opinions concerning other issues, such as crime and drug abuse, the
economy and unemployment, race relations, the quality of public school
education, pollution and the environment, alcoholism, and homelessness.
Background information on respondents includes age, sex, marital
status, education, employment, and family income.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Daniels, Sally, and Andrew Kully. Assessment of a Program of Public Information on Health Care Reform, 1992-1993: [Wichita, Kansas, and Des Moines, Iowa]. ICPSR06066-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06066.v1

Universe:
Persons aged 18 and over residing in households with
telephones in Wichita, Kansas, and Des Moines, Iowa.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Produced by the Response Analysis Corporation, Princeton, NJ, 1993.

Methodology

Sample:
For each of the two communities, two samples of telephone
numbers were drawn using random-digit dialing techniques. One sample
was surveyed before the program was administered, and the other was
surveyed after the program was administered. To randomize selection of
respondents within households, the household member who last had a
birthday was designated as the sampled individual within each
household.

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: